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Happy New Year!
What will you release? And what will you begin?
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All alone in the forest . . . yet not alone at all
To be able to run through the forest, strong, quick strides, uphill, downhill, breathing in my surroundings, fully present, conscious of my connection with the web of life. No concern for money, or possessions, or my standing in the social pecking order, not even my own mortality.
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Christmas in the Trenches
Poignant song about the spontaneous 1914 Christmas Truce between the British and German troops, a song written and performed by John McCutcheon. What if we realized our so-called “enemies” have hopes, aspirations and dreams very similar to those we hold? What if we recognized that we have more in common with them than with our…
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Seasons greetings from the Lavender-Mulkey Clan!
Well, we’re back from Costa Rica doing our best to keep alive the Tico lifestyle of pura vida: Go with the flow! And in that tradition, we wish all of y’all a meaningful holiday season and a 2016 filled with peace, love and understanding!
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I Don’t Mind Growing Old; I Just Don’t Want To Be There When It Happens.
“Don’t trust anyone over thirty,” I arrogantly proclaimed during the Sixties, when I was twenty-something and imagined I was bulletproof and would remain forever young. I’m now more than four decades beyond that imaginary line of demarcation. When I look in the mirror it’s clear that I am aging—and I struggle to accept the reality…
Bruce Mulkey
Essayist & Author
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Marie Smith
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